Pithecopus
{{Short description|Genus of amphibians}}
{{automatic taxobox
| image = Phyllomedusa azurea01.jpg
| image_caption = Pithecopus azureus, the type species
| taxon = Pithecopus
| authority = Cope, 1866
| type_species = Phyllomedusa azurea
| type_species_authority = Cope, 1862
| synonyms = * Bradymedusa Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926
| subdivision = 12 species (see text)
}}
Pithecopus is a genus of frogs in the subfamily Phyllomedusinae. Species of the genus Pithecopus are found in tropical South America east of the Andes, from southern Venezuela to northern Argentina. Resurrected from the synonymy of Phyllomedusa in 2016, it corresponds to the former Phyllomedusa hypochondrialis group. Its sister group is Callimedusa.
Etymology
Description
Pithecopus are medium-sized frogs measuring about {{convert|45|mm|in|1|abbr=on}} in snout–vent length. Toe I is much longer than toe II, and is opposable to it. No vomerine teeth are present. The tadpoles have a moderately small oral disc that is anteroventrally directed.
Species
There are 12 species in this genus:{{linked species list
| Pithecopus araguaius | (Haga, Andrade, Bruschi, Recco-Pimentel, and Giaretta, 2017)
| Pithecopus ayeaye | (Lutz, 1966)
| Pithecopus azureus | (Cope, 1862)
| Pithecopus centralis | (Bokermann, 1965)
| Pithecopus gonzagai | (Andrade, Haga, Ferreira, Recco-Pimentel, Toledo, and Bruschi, 2020)
| Pithecopus hypochondrialis | (Daudin, 1800)
| Pithecopus megacephalus | (Miranda-Ribeiro, 1926)
| Pithecopus nordestinus | (Caramaschi, 2006)
| Pithecopus oreades | (Brandão, 2002)
| Pithecopus palliatus | (Peters, 1873)
| Pithecopus rohdei | (Mertens, 1926)
| Pithecopus rusticus | (Bruschi, Lucas, Garcia, and Recco-Pimentel, 2014)
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The AmphibiaWeb lists only two species (Pithecopus araguaius and Pithecopus gonzagai), the rest being included in Phyllomedusa.